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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this river flood warning at Jan 17, 2017, 7:01 AM CST for Lake County, Illinois. It took effect at Jan 18, 2017, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 66 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 17, 2017, 7:01 AM CST (13:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 18, 2017, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2017, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 66 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Lake County, IL
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Des Plaines River near Russell (RUSI2). The gauge peaked at 7.26 ft at Jan 21, 2017, 11:00 PM CST.
- Action stage
- 6.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 7 ft
- Moderate stage
- 9 ft
- Major stage
- 10 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05527800, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 9:05 PM CST | River Flood Watch | LOT | Lake | 4 days |
| Jan 16, 10:29 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Will | 36 hr |
| Jan 16, 10:54 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Bureau, LaSalle, Putnam | 36 hr |
| Jan 16, 10:56 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Kane, Kendall | 36 hr |
| Jan 17, 1:44 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Will | 6 hr |
| Jan 17, 4:44 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Will | 42 hr |
| Jan 17, 7:25 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Will | 36 hr |
| Jan 17, 10:18 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Lake | 36 hr |
| Jan 17, 10:31 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Cook | 36 hr |
| Jan 17, 10:31 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Cook | 36 hr |
| Jan 17, 10:39 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | LaSalle | 36 hr |
| Jan 17, 11:00 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Lee | 4 days |
| Jan 17, 11:33 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Bureau, LaSalle, Putnam | 10 days |
| Jan 17, 11:39 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | LaSalle | 8 days |
| Jan 17, 2:24 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Ogle | 36 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.